Trip to Galveston

Today we went to Galveston Island for the day. It was a lot of fun, but not quite what I had envisioned. I thought it would be more touristy, it is a beach town after all. But it seemed dirty and kinda rundown. We did see some super nice houses but since there is no zoning laws in TX, next to the super nice, super expensive houses were some really rundown and broken down houses. Enough of that, I didn't write this entry to talk about houses. So, back to our trip. We took Olivia to the beach so she could gather seashells and see the "ocean" AKA The Gulf of Mexico. She loved it there and if we had let her probably spent all day there walking around and playing a little seashell scavenger. We really wanted to take a DUCK ride in the Gulf but it is not running because of the season, so that will be something to put on our itinerary for our next trip. So instead of doing a DUCK ride, we took the ferry ride across the island and then rode it back. We saw a couple dolphins swimming in the Gulf which we haven't seen since Alaska so that was cool.  It was only about a 45 minute round trip and that was enough for me. As most of you know, I get motion sick real easily and a moving boat(where I can't see land) and having to constantly follow with my head down as Cameron practices her walking skills to keep her some semblance of happy doesn't make for a well feeling Brittney. Speaking of Cameron, that sweet little girl, she was a good girl all day yesterday but she thought it was funny to scream most of the day(including in the car the whole ride home). After the ferry trip, we took the girls to a park on the water. So that was a win win for all because Olivia could play and run around, Cameron could have free reign for the most part and Daniel got to look at boats. All in all it was a great day. I am loving Daniel having weekends off for the most part(as I write this he is driving back from work, go figure). It gives us opportunity to get some valuable, memory making family time in that I feel we missed out on when he was working so much in STL.

on the ferry

Daniel and Olivia on the beach chasing seagulls